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The Adventures & Brave Deeds of the Ship's Cat on the Spanish Main; Together with the Most Lamentable Loss of the Alacestis, Triumphant Firing of the Port of Chagres, Truthfully Narrated in Verses by Mr Richard Adams and in Divers Cunning and Fantastical Pictures by Mr Alan Aldridge with Mr Harry Wilcock
by Adams, Richard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0224014412
- ISBN 13
- 9780224014410
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Jonathan Cape, London, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Alan Aldridge. Illustrated endpapers, being a small blue striped cat holding a sword and anchor sitting on top of the Crown reproduced multiple times, against a darker blue coloured background. The text is illustrated, every second page, with full colour drawings by Alan Aldridge. Illustrated laminated boards, again by Alan Aldridge, with green, blue and yellow coloured titles to the front panel and blue and pink coloured titles to the backstrip. The adventures of a ship's cat during plundering the Spanish Main. The text is in verse. Rubbing of the book corners and back strip edges. A little rubbing of the panels and very light age toning of the pages. A few foxing spots throughout the book. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. Not paginated – 28 pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Alan Aldridge. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Illustration; Poetry. ISBN: 0224014412. ISBN/EAN: 9780224014410. Inventory No: 0289968. . 9780224014410
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- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0289968
- Title
- The Adventures & Brave Deeds of the Ship's Cat on the Spanish Main; Together with the Most Lamentable Loss of the Alacestis, Triumphant Firing of the Port of Chagres, Truthfully Narrated in Verses by Mr Richard Adams and in Divers Cunning and Fantastical Pictures by Mr Alan Aldridge with Mr Harry Wilcock
- Author
- Adams, Richard
- Illustrator
- Alan Aldridge
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0224014412
- ISBN 13
- 9780224014410
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- BZDB2 children's book, Alan Aldridge– Illustrator, cat, Richard Adams, poetry Fiction; Illustration; Poetry. Alan Aldridge Unbranded ISBN: 0224014412 EAN: 9780224014410 Adams, Richard The Adventures & Brave Deeds of the Ship's Ca
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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